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     1. When is she busy? 2. Why are you late? 3. Why is he still in
hospital? 4. Why is Betty in the park? 5. Why is Mrs. Sandford in bed?
6. Why is she still at work? 7. Why are they still at home? 8. Why is the
child still in the garden?

     Exercise 3. Read the alternative questions and change them into
                 disjunctive ones.
     Model: Are the books cheap or expensive?
            The books are expensive, aren’t they?
      1. Is the car new or old? 2. Are the tickets cheap or expensive?
3. Is the text easy or difficult? 4. Is the text long or short? 5. Is the
idea good or bad? 6. Is he busy or free? 7. Is the woman young or
old? 8. Are the exercises easy or difficult? 9. Is Mrs. Sandford at home
or in the park? 10. Is the house big or small?

     Exercise 4. Make the sentences interrogative and negative.
     Model: This book is as interesting as that one.
            Is this book as interesting as that one?
            This book isn’t so interesting as that one.
      1. It is as warm today as yesterday. 2. Kate is as old as Ann. 3. This
text is as long as that one. 4. This bag is as heavy as that one. 5. This
chair is as comfortable as that one. 6. These trees are as high as those
ones. 7. This car is as fast as that one. 8. These boots are as good as
those ones. 9. These texts are as difficult as those ones. 10. These
stories are as interesting as those ones.

     Exercise 5. Change the sentences as in the model using the
                comparative degree of adjectives.
     Model: This book is less interesting than that one.
            That book is more interesting.
      1. That car is less expensive than this one. 2. These houses are
less old than those ones. 3. That car is less fast than this one. 4. This
book is less interesting than that one. 5. I am less rich than my friend.
6. That boy is less tall than this one. 7. I am less tired than you are.
8. This room is less light than that one. 9. These armchairs are less
comfortable than those ones. 10. She is less active than I am.


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